There's a lot more info about this tradition here as there are also some other interesting variations: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meyboom
Meyboom - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
August 8, 2025 at 10:35 AM
There's a lot more info about this tradition here as there are also some other interesting variations: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meyboom
There's a tradition that takes place every August in Brussels that's been held on the same day for seven uninterrupted centuries (🤔).
It's called the hoisting of the meyboom, and because it's probably the most bruxellois thing I've ever seen I wrote about it for Brussels Notes.
It's called the hoisting of the meyboom, and because it's probably the most bruxellois thing I've ever seen I wrote about it for Brussels Notes.
#218: Ritual City (II)
Or, hoisting the Meyboom
brusselsnotes.substack.com
September 18, 2026 at 11:51 AM
There's a tradition that takes place every August in Brussels that's been held on the same day for seven uninterrupted centuries (🤔).
It's called the hoisting of the meyboom, and because it's probably the most bruxellois thing I've ever seen I wrote about it for Brussels Notes.
It's called the hoisting of the meyboom, and because it's probably the most bruxellois thing I've ever seen I wrote about it for Brussels Notes.
Les camarades du Meyboom ont de la force, mais il faut pas confondre force et moment de force 😁
August 10, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Les camarades du Meyboom ont de la force, mais il faut pas confondre force et moment de force 😁
Dear bookworms, tomorrow the Meyboom is planted in Brussels and #BookWormSat will celebrate with the theme Trees & Taverns. Read the story in the thread! 🌳🍻
August 8, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Dear bookworms, tomorrow the Meyboom is planted in Brussels and #BookWormSat will celebrate with the theme Trees & Taverns. Read the story in the thread! 🌳🍻
August 2, 2025 at 8:53 AM
August 9, 2025 at 11:18 AM
‘Thrice twenty summers I have seen
The sky grow bright, the forest green;
And many a wintry wind have stood
In bloomless, fruitless solitude…
O leave this barren spot to me!
Spare, woodman, spare the beechen tree!’ ~ Thomas Campbell
@racheldeering.bsky.social here now for this Meyboom #BookWormSat
The sky grow bright, the forest green;
And many a wintry wind have stood
In bloomless, fruitless solitude…
O leave this barren spot to me!
Spare, woodman, spare the beechen tree!’ ~ Thomas Campbell
@racheldeering.bsky.social here now for this Meyboom #BookWormSat
August 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
‘Thrice twenty summers I have seen
The sky grow bright, the forest green;
And many a wintry wind have stood
In bloomless, fruitless solitude…
O leave this barren spot to me!
Spare, woodman, spare the beechen tree!’ ~ Thomas Campbell
@racheldeering.bsky.social here now for this Meyboom #BookWormSat
The sky grow bright, the forest green;
And many a wintry wind have stood
In bloomless, fruitless solitude…
O leave this barren spot to me!
Spare, woodman, spare the beechen tree!’ ~ Thomas Campbell
@racheldeering.bsky.social here now for this Meyboom #BookWormSat
I had planned dropping into De Garre for another but they're unexpectedly closed today. So I've come straight to my lunch stop (unlike yesterday I'm having a proper lunch!) - De Republiek which is new to me. Excellent beer list and I've gone for draught De La Senne Saison de Meyboom.
September 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I had planned dropping into De Garre for another but they're unexpectedly closed today. So I've come straight to my lunch stop (unlike yesterday I'm having a proper lunch!) - De Republiek which is new to me. Excellent beer list and I've gone for draught De La Senne Saison de Meyboom.
it doesn' get more bxl than this 🥳plantation of the meyboom at 16.45 on the corner rue du marais/rue des sables.
August 9, 2026 at 1:07 PM
it doesn' get more bxl than this 🥳plantation of the meyboom at 16.45 on the corner rue du marais/rue des sables.
Brussels was unbothered. They decided to be the bigger person and chose another beech tree. Ever since, both cities claim they have the 'real' Meyboom.
Only… Brussels has been planting it since 1308, and Leuven since 1974. So… yeah.
Only… Brussels has been planting it since 1308, and Leuven since 1974. So… yeah.
August 8, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Brussels was unbothered. They decided to be the bigger person and chose another beech tree. Ever since, both cities claim they have the 'real' Meyboom.
Only… Brussels has been planting it since 1308, and Leuven since 1974. So… yeah.
Only… Brussels has been planting it since 1308, and Leuven since 1974. So… yeah.
L'immeuble avait d’abord été condamné pour faire place au nouveau campus de la KUL.
Sauvetage et renouveau pour le bâtiment Meyboom: plus de 200 kots étudiants prévus
bx1.be
January 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
L'immeuble avait d’abord été condamné pour faire place au nouveau campus de la KUL.
De 718e Meyboom is na verschillende pogingen geplant op de hoek van de Zandstraat en de Broekstraat in het centrum van Brussel.
Na meerdere pogingen is 718e Meyboom geplant
De 718e Meyboom is na verschillende pogingen geplant op de hoek van de Zandstraat en de Broekstraat in het centrum van Brussel.
short.bruzz.be
August 9, 2026 at 3:25 PM
De 718e Meyboom is na verschillende pogingen geplant op de hoek van de Zandstraat en de Broekstraat in het centrum van Brussel.
#Bruxelles : le Meyboom 2025 planté sous les applaudissements
Bruxelles : le Meyboom 2025 planté sous les applaudissements
Sur place, l'odeur des caricoles - les fameux escargots -, les conversations en bruxellois et en français, les moustaches...
www.rtbf.be
August 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
#Bruxelles : le Meyboom 2025 planté sous les applaudissements
This was fun to do, and fun to write.
Brussels is weird, and that's okay.
Brussels is weird, and that's okay.
#218: Ritual City (II)
Or, hoisting the Meyboom
brusselsnotes.substack.com
September 19, 2026 at 1:01 PM
This was fun to do, and fun to write.
Brussels is weird, and that's okay.
Brussels is weird, and that's okay.
Een spaghetti bolognèse in De Meyboom?
December 1, 2023 at 2:36 PM
Een spaghetti bolognèse in De Meyboom?
Some icons of Brussels (last Sunday) (brief thread)
August 11, 2026 at 6:18 AM
Some icons of Brussels (last Sunday) (brief thread)
À force égale, plus on pousse loin du pivot, plus le moment de force est grand.
Heureusement, l’arbre finit tout de même par se dresser. La tradition bruxelloise est sauvée.
Salukes
🎥 Gardevil
#science #physique #profbucella #lasciencepeuttout #meyboom
Heureusement, l’arbre finit tout de même par se dresser. La tradition bruxelloise est sauvée.
Salukes
🎥 Gardevil
#science #physique #profbucella #lasciencepeuttout #meyboom
August 10, 2026 at 2:49 PM
À force égale, plus on pousse loin du pivot, plus le moment de force est grand.
Heureusement, l’arbre finit tout de même par se dresser. La tradition bruxelloise est sauvée.
Salukes
🎥 Gardevil
#science #physique #profbucella #lasciencepeuttout #meyboom
Heureusement, l’arbre finit tout de même par se dresser. La tradition bruxelloise est sauvée.
Salukes
🎥 Gardevil
#science #physique #profbucella #lasciencepeuttout #meyboom
Is dat De Meyboom in Brussel?
December 6, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Is dat De Meyboom in Brussel?
«L’immeuble Meyboom #Bruxelles, bâtiment incontournable de la Belle Époque bâti au XIXe siècle, d’abord condamné pour faire place au nouveau campus de la KUL, sera réaménagé. Il accueillera plus de 200 kots étudiants… » #Brussel
Sauvetage et renouveau pour le bâtiment Meyboom: plus de 200 kots étudiants prévus
L’immeuble Meyboom, bâti au XIXe siècle, d’abord condamné pour faire place au nouveau campus de la KUL, sera réaménagé. Il accueillera plus de 200 kots étudiants, y compris pour les personnes à…
buff.ly
January 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
«L’immeuble Meyboom #Bruxelles, bâtiment incontournable de la Belle Époque bâti au XIXe siècle, d’abord condamné pour faire place au nouveau campus de la KUL, sera réaménagé. Il accueillera plus de 200 kots étudiants… » #Brussel
The citizens of Brussels, aided by the Companions of St Lawrence, fought back and drove the Leuvenaars out.
Grateful for their service, the Duke of Brabant granted the companions the right to plant the Meyboom every year. They started doing so in 1308, and have never stopped.
Grateful for their service, the Duke of Brabant granted the companions the right to plant the Meyboom every year. They started doing so in 1308, and have never stopped.
August 8, 2025 at 10:35 AM
The citizens of Brussels, aided by the Companions of St Lawrence, fought back and drove the Leuvenaars out.
Grateful for their service, the Duke of Brabant granted the companions the right to plant the Meyboom every year. They started doing so in 1308, and have never stopped.
Grateful for their service, the Duke of Brabant granted the companions the right to plant the Meyboom every year. They started doing so in 1308, and have never stopped.
Bruxelles : le Meyboom 2025 planté sous les applaudissements
Bruxelles : le Meyboom 2025 planté sous les applaudissements
Sur place, l'odeur des caricoles - les fameux escargots -, les conversations en bruxellois et en français, les moustaches...
www.rtbf.be
August 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Bruxelles : le Meyboom 2025 planté sous les applaudissements
Tradities om te koesteren…
Het gebruik van de Meyboom gaat terug op enkele middeleeuwse legendes en vond voor het eerst plaats in 1213.
“Om 16.42 uur werden de inspanningen van de buumdroegers beloond. De boom werd onder luid gejuich van het publiek overeind gezet.”
www.bruzz.be/actua/samenl...
Het gebruik van de Meyboom gaat terug op enkele middeleeuwse legendes en vond voor het eerst plaats in 1213.
“Om 16.42 uur werden de inspanningen van de buumdroegers beloond. De boom werd onder luid gejuich van het publiek overeind gezet.”
www.bruzz.be/actua/samenl...
Na meerdere pogingen is 718e Meyboom geplant
De 718e Meyboom is na verschillende pogingen geplant op de hoek van de Zandstraat en de Broekstraat in het centrum van Brussel.
www.bruzz.be
August 9, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Tradities om te koesteren…
Het gebruik van de Meyboom gaat terug op enkele middeleeuwse legendes en vond voor het eerst plaats in 1213.
“Om 16.42 uur werden de inspanningen van de buumdroegers beloond. De boom werd onder luid gejuich van het publiek overeind gezet.”
www.bruzz.be/actua/samenl...
Het gebruik van de Meyboom gaat terug op enkele middeleeuwse legendes en vond voor het eerst plaats in 1213.
“Om 16.42 uur werden de inspanningen van de buumdroegers beloond. De boom werd onder luid gejuich van het publiek overeind gezet.”
www.bruzz.be/actua/samenl...